I love this story 😂

This is beautifully written and deeply affecting. Give it a read. Thank you, @dataandpolitics.net for writing this. Hang in there🫂.

This is absolutely brilliant. The ear defenders and the chain in particular.

Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

🔭 The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25090...

At last, some proper British vandalism. (source - www.facebook.com/share/p/1MeV...)

Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title. "Tom Clancy's The Gruffalo"

🇺🇦Today, Ukrainians around the world in celebrate Independence Day, a pivotal moment that marks the resilience and determination of a nation striving for sovereignty and self-determination.

As I recall in WW2 the "negotiations" went along the lines of: Allies: Sign the unconditional surrender here. Nazis: Ok.

Only the truth

"Privacy‑Preserving Age Verification Falls Apart On Contact With Reality" by @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/08/19/p...

As the Milky Way band appears to pour into our ELT, the cranes around it seem to do the same while they further advance the telescope 🏗️ 🔭 Once complete, the ELT will be breaking down the light above in unparalleled detail. More: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2533a/ 🧪 📷 C. Letelier/ESO

Slightly diminish a band: Plastica

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

On the State Department reports that portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but it’s very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

My AI girlfriend? You wouldn't know her she's in a different data center

Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing. The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.

This is fantastic.

From this month's edition of The Onion.

This is Milo. He noticed you were packing for a trip. Wouldn't want you to forget the essentials. 12/10 (TT: mikrawrrrrr)

We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer. As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free. Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...

Bloody hell. What a finish to the test series.

COME ON ENGLAND!!! (No, my account has not been hacked. I want England's women to beat Spain and win the Euros, just as I hoped they would beat Spain and win the World Cup a couple of years ago.)

I feel safer online already. Thanks, UK government. On a serious note, time to enable VPN full time on my phone, because fuck this shit.

Well, this sucks. Sky News is reporting that the Prince of Darkness has died. news.sky.com/story/ozzy-o...

Coming soon

I've heard some songs being murdered at karaoke in my time, but I think I might have just been subjected to the worst rendition of a song (Enter Sandman in this case) by an (allegedly) professional singer. I don't think my ears will ever recover.

At the airport waiting to get on our flight and the captain comes on the tannoy to announce the fight has been delayed by an hour due to a "software update taking longer than expected." I'm sure it's just a coincidence that yesterday was Patch Tuesday.

I honestly thought this was a @tracketpacer.bsky.social post to begin with.

Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity theonion.com/peter-t...

Good old AI. Bing this time. It claims the latest release of Rapid7's Insight Agents is 4.0.12, despite there being a link *directly below the AI summary* mentioning an issue with 4.0.15 that resulted in a rollback to 4.0.14. The latest version is 4.0.17 (from docs.rapid7.com/release-note...).

Off on holiday with the family (aka "childcare somewhere else" 😀) soon, and I have a pre-existing heart condition that has caused me some problems in the last year (after nearly three decades of no issues other than regular checkups.) First quote for a single 2-week trip? £994.

The scores are in...

Hi @ashleystorrie.bsky.social - this slogan looks oddly familiar...

ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB. 2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS!!

Unbelievably, we've beaten Celtic in the Scottish Cup! #COYR

My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.

A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power. The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory. But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]

If you need something to laugh at, this is causing people to do double takes in the dairy department at a Safeway near me.

ZOOKEEPER: So this snake is 3.14 metres long ME: *way too loud* A pi-thon ZOOKEEPER: *pulling out his tazer* look away kids

Thread of the year (so far.)

Farage and Tice putting the "cunt" into Scunthorpe.

Think I'll go out and see how the solar eclipse loo... Oh.

Just walked past the door behind which my 10-year-old is playing on the Xbox to hear the title track of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" belting out of the Echo Dot. In this respect at least, I reckon I'm doing a decent job at parenting.

Zounds!